by Tom | Nov 16, 2012 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
Great list of alternative translations of Chinese words. I particularly enjoyed Shitizen and Chinsumer. Freedamn is Just Another Word With Chinese Characteristics · Global Voices.
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by Tom | Nov 12, 2012 | Hong Kong / China
I am not sure about the title of the article, but this is a welcome review of a number of books covering the great famine. China: Worse Than You Ever Imagined by Ian Johnson.
by Tom | Oct 29, 2012 | Hong Kong / China
It is one of the curious facts of China today that the state press both marches in step with the Communist Party and also devotes much of its space to documenting acts of epic plunder and abuses of power. Great article from the New Yorker.
by Tom | Oct 18, 2012 | Hong Kong / China
China as civilisation-state as opposed to the nation-state we default to imagining. Lots in there to help understand why and how the Chinese view their history through a different perspective to the West. BBC News – A Point Of View: Making sense of...
by Tom | Oct 10, 2012 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Sunrise Analemma with a little extra shows pretty well exactly the pattern I see in Hong Kong. From our flat, during the summer the sun sets directly over Central and then gradually moves back over the Peak during the winter.
by Tom | Oct 8, 2012 | Hong Kong / China
Loving the new lions guarding the new plaza outside the China Resources Building. (I assume they are lions). Two men with songbirds in cages complete the splendidly Chinese nature of the place. Are they hired to be there?
